There is a set of the 9 symphonies recorded in 2015, Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle, on the orchestras own label. The Gramophone gives it mild praise, while a review in The Guardian says technically immaculate but curiously incoherent!

But at $444.57 for the set I won’t be listening any time soon!

www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/classical/listing-2331636791.htm?rsqid=278b9019bd4b427dbba92a4c39f2f28d-002

Why are newly recorded classical LPs so expensive compared to the same issue on cd?

Sept 26, 2019 22:24:03 GMT 12 sub said:

There is a set of the 9 symphonies recorded in 2015, Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle, on the orchestras own label. The Gramophone gives it mild praise, while a review in The Guardian says technically immaculate but curiously incoherent!

But at $444.57 for the set I won’t be listening any time soon!

www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/classical/listing-2331636791.htm?rsqid=278b9019bd4b427dbba92a4c39f2f28d-002

Why are newly recorded classical LPs so expensive compared to the same issue on cd?

LPs have more complexity in production, also targeting a collector's market (much more than CDs). The Rattle/Berliner recording if I remember correctly was done with a more traditional recording technique. Collectable classical LPs can be extremely expensive, there are also new labels that target this market, eg. ERC does reissues of collectables, all done in traditional tube equipment, each LP is rougly 300-500 Euros. 


 

Very nice, good video 😀

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